Nation: Uncle Sam Wants Who?

During the late stages of the Viet Nam War, military conscription was so
despised by so many Americans that it spawned a new class of nonviolent
criminals: young men who tore up draft cards or fled to Canada or
Sweden to avoid induction. Since then, the U.S. has shifted to an
all-volunteer force, and no one has been called up since 1972. But last
week Congress reluctantly was again considering reinstating the draft,
or at least some of its preliminary steps.

The reason is simply that voluntary enlistments are not supplying the
necessary numbers...